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Yeah, I agree the V-Rod seems to be the answer to the question no one asked. I don't understand it. I guess it sells really well overseas, though. They should put that motor in a touring frame.
Four valve heads? Why? They make plenty of power with two. Porsche discovered years ago how difficult it is to run four valves in an air cooled head. With the specific power Harley targets for their motors, it just wouldn't make sense.
Driveshaft? Again, why? When my bike was totaled, it had 110,000 miles on it. It still had the original belt. I never had to touch the thing; hell, the only time it ever got tensioned or looked at in any way was when I would bring the bike in for a new rear tire. The prescribed inspection/tensioning interval nicely coincided with how often it needed a rear tire.
I understand that the driveshafts on BMW's can be troublesome, and that they are expensive to service. No thanks, now that I've seen how trouble and maintenence free a belt can be. That, and the Harley motor turns the wrong way to make it convenient to add a driveshaft. Driveshafts make a bike handle funny, too.
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Jeff
'72 911T 3.0 MFI
'93 Ducati 900 Super Sport
"God invented whiskey so the Irish wouldn't rule the world"
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